Unlike many fruits, the
Guiro grows on a vine that extends underground. It is
here that Guiro grows and ripens. This is a commonly
eaten fruit of the Kanapan and has
found its way into many of the local dishes.

Appearance. The guiro
is a large oval shaped fruit. It has a length of up to 1 ped and a width of half
a ped. The outside is composed of a dark puple toughened skin. The skin is
colored with lighter purple dots speckling the whole of the fruit. The inside is
a medium green that is juicy and crisp. There are small, yellow round seeds
throughout the whole of the green inside.

Territory. Native to
the Kanapan Peninsula, it has none
the less found its way to other areas through trade by the
Stormcloaks. It is still considered an
exotic fruit in most locations due to its finicky soil requirements. These
requirements not only being a high fertility in the soil, but also a high
phosphorus content in the ground as well.

Usages. The
Guiro Fruit is a very versatile fruit. The inside is relished as a sweet,
juicy treat that is often eaten either between courses at banquets to cleanse
the diner's palette, or after meals in a concotion to bring out its sweetness.
The juice is even squezzed out of the pulp for drinking or for use in flavoring
other dishes.

The tough skin is often removed from the crisp inside and boiled. After being
boiled it has a meaty consistency to it that is often used with other flavorings
as a main course. This is also an important fruit, as this skin is protien rich
and is often used in conjunction with several beans to give the
Kanapans their necessary protien,
as they lack large animals in their area.